Means for lubricating journal-boxes.



E. H. HINKLBY 62: H. E. JOHNSON.

MEANS FOB. LUBRIGATING JOURNAL BOXES. APPLICATION FILED APE.23, 1912.

Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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mafia" I 7 a I E Early Patented Aug. 12,1913.

APPLICATION FILED 1333.23, 1912.

F. H HINKLEY & H. E. JOHNSON. MEANS FOR LUBRIGATING JOURNAL BOXES.

capable of lubricating the FRANK H. HINKLEY, OF ERIE, AND HARRY E. JOHNSUN, 0F KANE, PENNSYLVANIA.

MEANS FOR LUBRICATING JOURNAIPBQXES,

Application filed April 23, 1912. Serial No. $952,723e

To all 11:71am it may concern:

Be it .{noWn that we, FRANK H. HINKLEY and HARRY E. JOHN-SUN, cizizens of the United States, residing at Erie and Kane, respectively, in the counties of Erie and Me Kean and State of icn isylvania, have in vented certain new mu l useful Improvements in Means for Lubricating Joni-nai- Boxes, of which he following is a spccilim Lion.

'ih'e invent-ion relates to innprm'cments in means for lubricating journal boxes.

The objectofthe picscfli invention is so improve the construclien of means for lubricating journal boxes, and to provide a simple, efiicient and comparatively inexpensive construction, designed pariicularly for use on the driving boxes of a lUlZUiDOtlVQ, and journal and hub of an axle and the shoes and wedge of a driving b0 and of alibi-ding increased strength and durability to the lather by cn ahhng the top o the driving box and the cellar to be made solid Where recesses are oriiinai'ily PIOYlllHi for t e reception of lubricant holding sponge 0).

With these and other objects in view, invention consists in the construciion and novel combination of p rls hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in lhc claims hereto appended; it being undeirtoocl that various changes in the form, proportion, siZc and minor details of construction, within lhc scope of the claims. may be resorted to with out (lepni'ling' from the spirit or sacrificing any of iihe advantages of the invent-ion.

In the drawings:--l igurc 1 is a front ele- Vatican oi 1 luhiicz tor, consli-luciecl in accordance with this invculi-on and shown applis to a, locomotive driving box, ilie journal being in scclion. Fig. 2 is :1 vertical transverse sectional YlGW' of the same, 3 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 5-3 of Fig. Fig. 4; is a longitudinal sectional View of the driving box. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. G-is a horizontal sectional View on the line CG of F Fig. 7 is a detail perspective YlGW of the adjustable Wedge.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of ihe invention, 1 designates a locomotive the Specification of Letters l ii I l I l l driving box, proi'icled at opposite sicles with vertical flanges f2 and. ni-ran coi in the opening 3 between. the sicles l of the pedestal portion of the z 5 a locomotive, nndiigiclly secured All. the said opening by means of shoes 6 anal 7 a a which cooperates with 2- I inner face 9 of one ll portion of the Tche shoes are of the or'clinsrl construe n to cmbz'zice th pedc of me fmme, and the Welge is means of a vertical hell; ,1: screw 10, niounlcd in a threaded opening of tie pedesial '11 and provided ahoi e and below the some with nuts 12 the 10 being seated i21 locizccl in .iis anunmu i the lo er t3 -J I nul- 13, which the o i. 1" .l the pedestal lira :e. The ends of ihe pedestal (l to the hot' -r: of the frame es of the "pedestal by bolls 1'7.

The driving; box iieceiics a (TOW?! 18 in (he upper ol-lion of iis op ling and it cell::- 11) Within iho l-znvei' moi-lion of tl suial opening, ihe crown lu'n's l'I-HIQCfl upon the upper edges of lilm siilcs of? the cellar nznl adapted lo 11 nail '20 in trulicil ii 1 upon he j urllw usual manner, as clearly illus- Figs. i and ,2 oi" the (lrz'm'ings. The

inner lane 21 of inc Wl i i'nui iheournal cizihl; about (he eighi'h o i 111' fruhon, {Hill the lm I brass zi c cul away ci'elcil at the inner lace at to avoid shoulders for.prci'cnljing lhc crown brass from sc 1 mg Lhe lubricant from the journal. The driving box pro- YlLllELl at Lhc lower portion of oils lmclr with :1 hinge 23, disposed inn vci'ilicul plane and presenting :1 curve-1i iunei- {High to lhe journal arranged substantially coucculric with the 521 me.

The ha k ol' the (lrivi box ills against? the hub of :1 wh el (nol shown) and is closed by He szuue. The cclhu' is rendered (lust proof ill ihc front by yin-nus ol :1 licxihle m. elnslic gnsliel lei'iul SGflllPll in a recess 95 in the cellar :uul secured lo the some by on zaiisching phiic 26 being air-- 1 o'l" full, or olhei suil'uble mm u i woos? 7 which also and engage l e iii-7 in the, collar. 3 which. is approximately 'li'ouni'l the lower half we is also upu 1' iii conlorm lo the c. The attaching fi'cuiui' and is of incl, which projects iovoiui the attaching from ilie plane portions of the l) are vertical, fl; owl (he atvori lCHli'lfiliTlOl'lS to fit the i cellar secured poviiou. of ill-3 opening of box by s of front horim Zlih Lllailll iho usual manner. Hing" box virlocl at the bottom riion Willi a recess 31, and

l h an groove 33, mm in. the o ilifiiniuin iisell an inclined lubri- V r passage 35 is so elongated 0pen- "i any longitudinal a from choking and interfering lu "cunt to the 35 is enoutcr poriiou to "uliir portion orv stem l With a l to operate Clo force a hard. oil or or, driving box. By i =t tho top porv Jean the grooves may be made SOll(l Where a u'cion or an ubsorbeut male-rial and the lubriount. ilie luloricuu-iiig" iio'vioe en- 55 ables {L s -ill collar to employed, and the cousiruebiou of the driving box may be mate- Il? by increased in. strength and durability by employing such iricotmg means.

11 brass as provided iii; the inner longitudinal groove ilill "ovo or recess 40,

lubricant; to thehub of .or lob? Y E the some simul- Wiiii the ournal. order to il tho siioes uiicl b oc Wedge from stickess usually provided for the ing when it is clesirablo to romovo ing box, the erownbrass 1S proviijioo transverse lubri *unt passages 11, exienm laterally from the SldE Walls of illQlOP tuclinol groove 33 and rcgisiering with irm verse passages 42 of the driving box passages s2 oxteiul outivzobclly oral passages 4.1. of the crown brass iiro the side portions of the glriviug bob: L side faces thereof and. oommuuicalo i the upper ends of downwardly dive; u grooves 43, formed in she siclc :iucos o driving box and located beiween the all. flanges 2 thereof and terminating short the bottom of the driving box as oleiz'r illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, The shoe 7, which is interposed between Wedge and the driving lJOIT is provided ia perforation 4% registering with the oil end of the adjacent laterally exlendiug lu' m bricaut passage of the d iviug box and adapted to permit a quantity of lubricant to fiovv outwardly to the adjustable Wedge. lo the operation of the lubrioutor, the lubriciml: will rise in the longitudinal groove ow M; will flow laterally ihrough ihe lubricant passages of the crown b l driving box the Wed '2' and will. cats the shoes and the Wong's will you some from sticking. Tl wil ensibio driving box to be readily removed when or u The spzicool. top grooms $39 salami-1' receive central enlargemenis 4-5 of eriu bans or levers l6, which are conuoc springs 47 by hangers l8 in lbs usual. in: nor.

The inclined lubricant psssago is illu trated in the drawings at the front of driving box, and the grease cup extends wurdly and outwardly from the top m the said box, but the, iubricanl A may be located at any other couvoniei tion of the sop of the driving box, so to be clear of the movable PilllJ-S of the lo v motive, and the lubricstor is also sppli to the engine and trailer trucks, the grooves being then unnecessary as journal boxes of those trucks equipped with shoes and Wedges.

Whatis claimed is l. A device of the class described lilC lllll ing a journal box provided abovo its opom iug with a central solicl top portion and having a lubricant passage exlzsucli through its top portion to the said opening, said journal box being also provided with transverse passages extending from the opening to the side faces of the journal box a crown brass located Within the upper poo Lion of the opening of the journal box our provided in its bearing face with ov comm longitudinal groove and having anvopr I in the top Wall thereof to communicate with die said passages ancl providesl with. i

homes"? verse passages extending from the longitudina-l groove to the inner ends of the first mentioned transverse passages and registering with the same, a solid oil cellar arranged within the lower portion of the opening of the journal box, and a grease cup mounted on the journal box at the outer end of said lubricant passage.

2. A device of the class described including a locomotive driving hex having an inciined lubricant passage in its upper portion and provided at opposite sides with lubricant passages extending from the openin of the driving box to the side faces thereo the latter being provided with grooves diverging downwardly from the side passages, shoes? ranged at opposite sides of the driving h one of the shoes being provided with a perforation registering with oneof said side passages; a wed e fitted against the shoe having the said? perforation, e crown brass provided in its inner bearing face with a groove and having an opening to register with the inclined lubricant pas sage and provided also with side passages extending from the groove and communieating with the side passages of the driving box.

3 A device or the chess described includ ing a, journal hex provided at the lower portion of its' opening with e rear flange, a ce1- leisecured Within the iower portion of the opening oi the journal box and fitting against the flange end provided in its front face with an approximately semicircular recess e yieidehie gasket of substen tieily semi-circular form arranged in the said recess and presenting an inner curved edge/to the journal to render the journal box dust proof, on approximately senii-circuier attaching plate arrenged in the recess, the inner edge of the gasket being extended in- Werdi beyond the inner edge of the attaching P rite, fastening devices piercing the atteohing piste and the gasket and the same to the oil seller at crown brass errenged Within the upper portion of the journai box, and means for suppi ing the letter with a lubricant. In testimony tures in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK H, HENKLEY. HARRY E. JGHNSON,

Witnesses:

J. I. BAKER, W. J. DEFENBACH.

securing whereof We affix our signe- I 

